Dating mylonitic overprinting of ancient rocks

Christopher L. Kirkland; Hugo K. H. Olierook; Martin Danišík; Janne Liebmann; Julie Hollis; Bruno V. Ribeiro; Kai Rankenburg

doi:10.1038/s43247-023-00709-5

Communications Earth & Environment (Feb 2023)

Dating mylonitic overprinting of ancient rocks

Christopher L. Kirkland,
Hugo K. H. Olierook,
Martin Danišík,
Janne Liebmann,
Julie Hollis,
Bruno V. Ribeiro,
Kai Rankenburg

Affiliations

Christopher L. Kirkland: Timescales of Mineral Systems Group, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University
Hugo K. H. Olierook: Timescales of Mineral Systems Group, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University
Martin Danišík: John de Laeter Centre, Curtin University
Janne Liebmann: Timescales of Mineral Systems Group, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University
Julie Hollis: EuroGeoSurveys, Rue Joseph II 36-38
Bruno V. Ribeiro: Timescales of Mineral Systems Group, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University
Kai Rankenburg: John de Laeter Centre, Curtin University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00709-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The timing of deformation in ancient shear zones of the Akia Terrane, Greenland, is recorded by the Proterozoic Rb-Sr age of mylonitic biotite which is determined through collision cell laser ablation and inverse thermal history modelling.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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